Liquid-level indicator.



Patented luly 4, |899 H. nAsnussEn ,LIGUID LEVEL INDICATOR. v (Applifation fl`led Nov. 18, 189B.) N0 MndvM' W/ TN E SSE S s TTOHNEYS.

' vieefor h thus forml a tight joint.

UNITED Branly-'s- Pnrunr SPECIFICATION forming' part of. Letters Patent No. 628,353, date serai no. 696,815. (no naar.

Application filed Novoniher 18,1898.

To au 'wh/om 72 Be it known "of Lund, Swed and useful I Holding or Su Level of a L the follow The obj t new," concern: that I, HEINRICH RAenuesnN, en', have invented certain new improvements in Devices ".forpporting Gages Indicaing the iquid in a'Recipient, of which ing is a sp'eoioation. eet of the present invention is adeolding' or supporting-gages or similar tubesl indicating at the'outside of a'recipient the level. of the liquid inside name. The invention is illustrated in the aeeompanying drawing, showing a longitudinal seetion of the device.

The-holder or support consists of tw of metal a and b, arranged of the'open-gage-.tnbe c. The pieees o andb areA connected by means lof-a-r through the tube 'c, the lower end being rmlyattaehed toor screw said piece a, while the 'other e threaded andprovided with a nu pieoe a 4iafurthe-z' arra ceiving a ring of india able packing material extremity of the tu o pieees each at one end odd. going: l

oi' this rod ed into thel Xtreniity is t g. In the nged a 'groove torre -rubber or other suit- ,ag'a'inst which the lowerbe may be' pressed; and

been removed isv turned, move toward the pie'ec 'ci and the rings c andf be oompressed. ready pointed ont make a tight'joint between ityI of the .tube c and thejpieee ZJ, but also betwee :tube h, as the ring f w therecip n `to place itinto a suitable recess arrange =The above-described device forholdine" and lower supp ou LUND, SWEDEN 1N n l CAT@ n.

d July d, 1899.

' the piene p While t. the packing-ring the lower extrem" piene ce, the pecking.`= a tightjoint iff-arrive the tube c anu. ih n the pieeeZi and the hen it is 'presser fo tweenvthetube and the collar will expe A the direction of the diameter. The tube c ma ring fwill not only m ako theupper extremity of ient altogether, but itis proff 2'! pient`in-order to prevent brei-thaw. e tube c maybe provided with a sea1^ iur reading affidi-reet 'how many pints or of liquid the recipientis containin the reci gage-tnbe has that great advantage over tu o. hitherto employed that the tube places is lying up against metal su which. circumstance will permit of the ort being able to nieve so va on to cach other without GDL?" neurred of breaking the tube.

what in relati danger being i passage Zin thepiece a coin- Ifurthermore, the tightening ofthe joints Fie mumcationisestablish'edbetween theinterior niay be effected very easilyiand sim/Ny by of therecipient and the lower end ofthe gaweturning the nut g. tube. The pieceb at -the upper end of the Having new partieularlydeseribed and tube .c'\ is provided with a collar, between certained thenature of this saidinventio vwhieliand thevupper extremity of the tube is lin what mannerl the same is to be performfnf, 'inserteda paolringringfofsuitable material. -I deelare that what I claim is- The piecebis bored right through lengthwine,4A A gage, comprising .top and'bottoineun .audits upper edge -rests against the nut g, 'ports formed with seats, one of the eu' screwed onto the extremity of the rod d.' Be-l being tnbulara glass tube between 'th tween the collar'iand theu'pper edge of the ports', a rod secured to' one of the sup;v s en piece' b is a hole k tlir gether with the piece. tube h of a suitablei wall of ther tube e, t0- projeet into a metal de diameteig' the 'uping c los'ed by means tube his in .firm oonpart 'ot the recipient, s establish-ed between-'- ipient and the intrerioif will e seen that co isting between the upper'and lower the recipient. i .Tf the nut gafter the n lis expart of screw e'ap 'm havingl .and extending th billar-support an i and a nut on the 'threaded rod and. resting upon the Substantial-1y .as described.

-port having fae and providedw through it, 'a p'ae'ki tube havingrits' lo packing, a tubular end .projeeting'into vided Withan Aexteri ttween, tl1udollar; 'an

rough the glass tube and. tu d Ahaving its end tllk'eaizedJ end of tlieisaic. tubular support? 2.- .A gage-tube, comprising a bottoni an annular groove in its ith .a passage leadii, Q i, ngin the groove, a Wer end .resting upon JL...

top lsupport having one the glass' tube and praor col-lar, "a paolini g im d .the lippenl end lof the l glass tube, a rod secured to the bottoms-upport and extending up through-the glass tube 'and the top support, and a. nut on the upper end of the rod, said nut resting upon the upper end of the top support, 4substantiaiiy as described.

3. A gage-tube, comprising a bottom support having an annular groove in itszupper face and provided with a. 'passage leading out through it, a packing in the groove, e glass tube'having its lower end resting upon the packing, a. tubular top .support having one end projecting into the glass tube and ,provided 'with an, exterior collarand an opening above the collalr, a packing between the co1- lar and the'upper end of the glass tube, a, rod

secured to the bottom support and extendm ing up through the glass `tube and the top support, a nut on' the upper end of the rod and resting upon" the end of lthe top support, and a tube fitting over the upper end of the glass tubeand the top support and provided v with a intera-1 opening and a cap, substam? ltiaily as described.

In testimony that I claim'the foregoing' as my invention I have signed my nam-e in presenoeof two subscribing witnesses..y

HEINRICH RASMUSSEN, Witnesses:

P.' HOFMAN BANG, JULES BLOM. 

